Depends on price, they have the same specs except for the 1GB RAM in the SIII. But paying 100 Euros more for 256MB of RAM is just ridiculous, and the S Advance costs only 300 Euros.
The advance has only Android 2.3, but it should be upgraded soon to at least 4.0 and probably 4.1 as it has the same HW as the SIII mini.
I'm guessing the SIII has also the crappy NovaThor U8500 chip inside, it's just a guess but an educated one.

Galaxy S2 is better than both, it has much better screen, processor and camera. If you are on budget s advance is better, Samsung are planning to update it to jelly bean(they are skipping ics). S3 mini is overpriced atm, if you really want to get it wait for the pricedrop.

There is hardly any game that uses more than 100MB RAM in the market, so RAM should not be a problem. Also the phone is 480 x 800-pixel, so why do you care about HD games?
But you are not wrong, the GPU is probably a Mali400 with just one core, so it won't perform too well with 3D games.
(I'm assuming a ST NovaThor U8500 inside)

RAM usage will be a problem since on idle the device uses around ~380MB with Samsung's junk apps running. It would only be a matter of time before the system starts to close down apps when running low on memory. Imagine listening to some music, playing a game at the same time while having a few tabs in Chrome opened with such a low amount of memory.

May we assume then, that under the same criteria ANY phone in the market right now it uderpowered in your opinon?
I'm jus telling because I'm only aware of one phone currently in the market with more than 1 GB RAM, the Samsung Galaxy S III USA version.
Is that what you want to say: that every phone in the market is underpowered? HTC One series, Sony Xperia series, all LG flaships (till the Optimos G goes out), ect... All of them?
I find it like a joke... But that's just my personal opinion.
I have a Nexus S with only 512 MB RAM or memory: that's underpowered and there I have issues, as you may have with your phone. But for now 1 GB is more than enough.

Any phone? Most devices have at least 700-800MB of usable memory out of 1GB and that ensures a fully fledged multitasking experience. 512MB of RAM or anything lower makes the device lag when opening a lot of things. My myself have an Ace 2 with 555MB of RAM and it's a real pain to multitask. As for the S3 Mini Samsung has surely bloated it with a lot of junk services and apps that bog down the whole system.

That's just your assumption, and as silly one.
HTC Sensse uses a lot more RAM for example than Touchwiz, and I don't know any device with 700-800 MB free RAM as I use stock androd and uses already 380 MB with Jelly Bean. Just do the math yourself when you add the OEM layer over it.
With 500 MB you should be fine, and if you are not, you won't be with this phone or with any other in the market, cause all use the same OS and all use an OEM layer over it.
And I'm curious about where do you read that i will have only 552 MB or ram available for the user (which is probably true, it's just the same as any other) as that is not in the reports. So probably just another of your assumtions...

The GSIII has around 800MB of usable RAM and yet multitasking is flawless. In the case of S3 Mini they surely allocated too much memory to the kernel/hardware features. ~200MB is passable but 472MB lost is quite unacceptable imho. http://goo.gl/OCz2D

I find it a slightly better version of the S1, wich is a pity, because at this price point Samsung didn't really make an effort to do a better product. We all know that they could have had a huge success if they did.

The RAZR M is the same size and has got better specs and a far better external design. If youre looking for something in this size range that is actually a good device; look no farther than the iPhone. Its the best compact smarphone on the market. Period.

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